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Lucas, Caroline (1)
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the location is of the (a) toxic and (b) radiologically-contaminated waste recovered as a result of the remediation programme conducted on Christmas Island following the nuclear tests conducted in the 1950s; what site licences cover the disposals; and what the cost...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the location is of the (a) toxic and (b) radiologically-contaminated waste recovered as a result of the remediation programme conducted on Christmas Island following the nuclear tests conducted in the 1950s; what site licences cover the disposals; and what the cost...
Asked by
Caroline Lucas
(Green Party)
Answered by
Lord Robathan
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 February 2011
For answer on
11 February 2011
Answered on
17 February 2011
The majority of waste recovered was inert and largely comprised of metal.Toxic or otherwise hazardous waste, including radioactive materials were transported back to the UK for disposal.Lead, asbestos and 'exempt' radioactive radium wastes were consigned to landfill in Middlesbrough, at a facility suitably licensed to receive this material. Some 18.7 tonnes of uncontaminated lead was recycled at South Darley. Low level radioactive radium waste was sent via Winfrith, an organisation licensed to handle such material, to the UK low level waste repository in Drigg, Cumbria, which is licensed to accept such waste. The radioactive waste largely consisted of luminised dials from abandoned vehicles.The cost of the clean-up and remediation programme was £9.1 million. The cost has risen from that previously given in answers to parliamentary questions due to the resolution of outstanding contractual issues.
Subjects
Costs; Contamination; Radioactive waste; Christmas Island
Date
17 February 2011
Reference
40668; 523 c916-7W
House
House of Commons